Review: Caribou, Fuck Buttons

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Dan Snaith’s glorious Caribou (formerly Manitoba) offered the winning “Andorra” (Merge) late last summer, a glowing collection of Beach Boys-inspired psych pop that later on the record transforms into a heavenly electronic instrumental parade. Snaith sings more than usual on this affair (at least during the first half), and the record benefits, as opener “Melody Day” and, later, “She’s the One,” are two of the best songs the percussionist—and math wizard—has put to tape. The pulsing live experience will have you reeling. Helping out tonight is the much-buzzed Fuck Buttons, duo Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power’s alarming noise-rock experiment. Their debut album, “Street Horrrsing,” is a wall of fuzz and noise and distorted, indecipherable vocal howling. The result? A beautifully hypnotic electro-revolution of the mind. A nightmare journey down the empty, echoing halls of a long-abandoned asylum. An after-hours creepy crawl. The last sound before rapture. (Tom Lynch)

Caribou and Fuck Buttons play April 11 at Empty Bottle, 1035 North Western, (773)276-3600, at 7pm & 10pm. $10-$12.